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Jane Porter (Tarzan)

Jane Porter (laterJane Clayton,Lady Greystoke) is a fictional character inEdgar Rice Burroughs's series ofTarzan novels and in adaptations of the saga to other media, particularly film. Jane, an American fromBaltimore, Maryland, is the daughter of professor Archimedes Q. Porter. She becomes the love interest, later the wife of Tarzan and subsequently the mother of their son,Korak. She develops over the course of the series from a conventionaldamsel in distress, who must be rescued from various perils, to an educated, competent and capable adventuress in her own right, fully capable of defending herself and surviving on her own in the jungles of Africa.

Jane Porter
Early depiction byJ. Allen St. John from
The Beasts of Tarzan (1st edition, 1916)
First appearanceTarzan of the Apes
Last appearanceTarzan the Magnificent
Created byEdgar Rice Burroughs
In-universe information
AliasJane Clayton
SpeciesHuman
GenderFemale
TitleLady Greystoke, Chieftess of theWaziri
SpouseTarzan (husband)
ChildrenKorak (son)
RelativesProf. Archimedes Q. Porter (father)
Mrs. Porter (mother; first name unknown)
Meriem (daughter-in-law)
Jackie (grandson)
NationalityAmerican/British

In the novels

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Jane first appeared in the initial Tarzan novelTarzan of the Apes (1912) then later reappeared in:

Jane also appeared in a minor role in the non-Tarzan novelThe Eternal Lover (1925), the events of which take place chronologically betweenThe Return of Tarzan andThe Beasts of Tarzan.

Jane is described inTarzan of the Apes as a beautiful, young woman, with long, blonde hair. She is between 18 and 20 years old in the novel.

In addition, Porter is the narrator-protagonist inJane: The Woman Who Loved Tarzan byRobin Maxwell, a 2011 novel authorized byEdgar Rice Burroughs, Inc. to commemorate the centennial celebration of Tarzan. Maxwell's novel is a free adaptation of the original story, contradicting it on numerous points of the story.

In other media

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Film

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Early Tarzan films portrayed Jane Porter and (occasionally) her father faithfully to the portrayal in the novels. The 1932 sound filmTarzan the Ape Man and its sequels changed the character's name to Jane Parker, portraying her as English rather than American and making her and Tarzan the adoptive parents of an orphan they named "Boy". In addition, the name of Jane's father in the first film is James Parker.Remakes of the 1932 film, (Tarzan, the Ape Man (1959) andTarzan, the Ape Man (1981) reprised this portrayal as well as that of her father.Maureen O'Sullivan, who portrayed Jane Parker withJohnny Weissmuller in the 1932 film and its first few sequels, was the most famous screen Jane.

 
O'Sullivan and Weissmuller inTarzan the Ape Man (1932)

In recent Tarzan films, starting withGreystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes (1984), the character is again Jane Porter, and her father Archimedes Q. Porter, and both once again Americans (with the exception of Disney's 1999 animatedTarzan, which again represents both as English).

Actresses who portrayed Jane on film include:

The Jane character is absent in:

Jane in all but name

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Three Tarzan films presented female leads who became the partner of Tarzan, but who were not named Jane, for one reason or another.

Television

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The Jane character has appeared sporadically in the seven (to date) television series featuring Tarzan, occasionally in offbeat portrayals when she does appear.

She was entirely omitted in television seriesTarzan (1966–68).

In the Filmation animated seriesTarzan, Lord of the Jungle (1976–80), she appeared once in the episode "Tarzan and Jane," in which she and her father were part of an archaeological expedition looking for the lost city of Cowloon; she was voiced byLinda Gary in this episode.

In the TV movieTarzan in Manhattan (1989) the character was reimagined as a New York cab driver, played byKim Crosby, and in the French-Canadian-Mexican seriesTarzán (1991–94) as a French ecologist, played byLydie Denier.

Jane was absent fromTarzan: The Epic Adventures (1996–1997), and Lydie Denier returned in the role of Olga de Coude; Jane was slated to appear in the unproduced second season, withJulie St. Claire cast in the role.

Olivia d'Abo took the role in the Disney animated seriesThe Legend of Tarzan (2001–2003), a follow-up to Disney's animatedTarzan film and its direct-to-video sequelTarzan & Jane (2002).

The 2003 seriesTarzan, set likeTarzan in Manhattan in New York City, castsSarah Wayne Callies as detective Jane Porter.

In the CGI 2017 seriesTarzan and Jane, Jane Porter is a teenage, big-city girl who becomes friends with a teenage Tarzan.

Actresses who portrayed Jane on television include:

Radio

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Stage

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